open data - a right with societal benefits
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Open Data- a Right,
with Societal Benefits
Jury KongaeGovFutures Group
Toronto Board of Trade Event, September 20, 2012.
Celebrating
Sponsored by Office of the OntarioInformation and Privacy Commissioner
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Acknowledgements
• Dr. Ann Cavoukian and her team at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontariohttp://ipc.on.ca/english/Resources/Events/Events-Summary/?id=92
• Toronto Board of Trade• Fellow speakers• Open Data community
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Appreciation is extended to the following for their contribution and collaboration related to this event and presentations
Title slide graphics via TSO Limited (U.K.)
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International Right-To-Know Week
• Goal:
“to raise global awareness of individuals’ right to access government information
and
to promote access to information as a fundamental human right”
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Context- Open Government Framework
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Note: This version is circa 2010. Version 2 coming in October 2012.
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Scope- A Global View … it’s pervasive
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Over 55 participating countries
Over 180 Open Data portals
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This is
NOT
Open Data
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Open Data Attributes
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“A piece of content or data is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it — subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and/or share-alike.”
opendefinition.org/
….. also needs to be machine readable with an acceptable Terms of Use agreement
Core Principleshttp://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/documents/ten-open-data-principles/ http://www.ipc.on.ca/images/Resources/accessbydesign_7fundamentalprinciples.pdf
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Open Data Globally- Participants at National Level
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Open Data in Canada- Provincial Level
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Open Data - the Ontario Municipal scene
Others in planning & implementation stages
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Some public facing views of Open Data
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Open Data portal & data catalogue Hackathons/Codefests …. Building apps
Citizen & Community Engagement – Unconferences, Govcamps, Changecamp, Citycamps … defining the issues, identifying opportunities to improve
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Open Data - the Apps Conte$t$
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Open Data Benefits- a Citizen & Community perspective
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• Ease of access to government information
• Economic development opportunities leading to job creation
• Reduced costs for government operations
• Enhanced eService delivery
• Apps, Apps, Apps – for citizen, business and community
• Increased opportunities for community engagement and collaboration in addressing societal needs
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Open Data Benefits- a Business perspective
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• Economic development opportunities
• Reduced costs to find & use government data
• Start-ups that leverage the data
• Value Added Resellers
• Innovation through new products & services
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Open Data Benefits- a Government perspective
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• Enhanced services to citizens and businesses
• Reduced costs via internal access and less external FOI and data requests
• Economic development
• Improved government transparency & trust
• Increased citizen engagement, collaboration with business and community groups
• Enhanced transparency and increased TRUST
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Open Data Potential – Scale & Integrate
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OpenData.EARTH
OpenData.EARTH
Academia, Non-Profits,
Community Groups
OpenStreetMapCommunity
Updates
External Data Linkages(e.g. World Bank)
OpenData.CA
Provincial
Municipal
Federal
Public Service Find the dataShare the data
USE the data
Source: Municipal Open Government Framework, 2010 www.slideshare.net/jkonga
Evolved from Data Infra-structure model circa 1994
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RGIS Real-time Global
Information Sensors network
RGIS Real-time Global
Information Sensors network
Open Data Potential- a Larger Societal View
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Wellbeing Ontario
Wellbeing CanadaWellbeing Earth
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Open Data Potential- a Larger Societal View
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Personal Health Wellbeing
Local Health Providers
Health industry Suppliers
Regional Health Analytics &
Database
Regional Health Analytics &
Database
Regional Health Analytics &
Database
Regional Health Analytics &
Database
Regional/Provincial Health Analytics &
Database
multiple
multiple
Research Community e.g.
National Health Analytics &
Database
e.g.
U.S. Veterans AffairsPersonal Access:
Real-time Open Health Information Network
e.g.
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Open Data Potential- a Larger Societal View
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Environmental Wellbeing- A COMPLEX ecosystem
Global
Local
AIR WATER
LAND
Global
Local
Global
National
Provincial
Local
Global
National
Provincial
Local
BIO-DIVERSITY
Real-time Open Environmental Network
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• Informal defn: “Open science is the idea that scientific knowledge of all kinds should be openly shared as early as is practical in the discovery process.”
• Fundamental Goals – July 28, 2009. Transparency in experimental methodology, observation and collection of data Public availability and reusability of scientific data Public accessibility and transparency of scientific communication Using web-based tools to facilitate scientific collaboration
• Opportunity for collaboration and benefits to society are HUGE
Open Science Data
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• OpenCorporates is a recent initiative
• Aims: URL for every company in the world & relating government data to companies
• How about a “Good” Corporate Citizen Index …. Occupy Wall Street (#OWS) would be interested
Open Corporate Data
Source: The New Scientist; (Image: PLoS One)http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228354.500-revealed--the-capitalist-network-that-runs-the-world.html
“The 147 Companies That Control Everything”Forbes Article, October 22, 2011.
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Concluding thoughts …
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• Data is a strategic asset and ROI needs to be optimized by making it OPEN
• Open data is pervasive and is gaining momentum
• It’s NOT a question of IF Open Data BUT … WHEN Open Data
• Open Data is beneficial to government, citizens, businesses and can enhance society at large
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Why Open Data - it’s simple …
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Photographs courtesy ofChatham-Kent
Jury Konga, PrincipaleGovFutures Group
[email protected] @jkongaSkype jury.konga
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